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Sketch 201 — Assembling A Sketch Packet

Tuesdays 7:15-10:15pm starting Sep 02, 2008
Prerequisites: Completion of Sketch 101
Cost: $350

This class will help you foster your individual voice as a writer as you are held to weekly writing deadlines. This class will offer you opportunities to pitch ideas to others and collaborate with other students on assignments in class. You will also get to hone individual pieces through rewriting.

Students must bring a sketch to the FIRST session of class. This sketch should be no longer than four pages. This first sketch should be written utilizing the concept of the \"Game of the Scene,\" taught in Sketch 101. Students should be prepared to devote time outside of class to completing new writing assignments for every session.

Students will have an opportunity to hear their material read in front of a live audience during a staged reading at the UCB Theatre.

The class will end with each student receiving individual feedback from the instructor on their own sketch packet.

Students will be required to see two live sketch shows before the end of the course.

Class Size: 10 Students

Michael Delaney

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Michael Delaney has been performing improv and sketch comedy in NYC for over 10 years including The Swarm, The Stepfathers, Gravid Water, Omelet Vision, Asscat, Delaney & Gausas, The Two Andys' Dyad Of Destruction, and Episode One (USCAF, Aspen), Killgore, Tracers, Piledriver, and Delaney & Dave's critically acclaimed Marooned and The Cadillac Of Nightmares, for which they received the 2002 Nightlife Award for best comedy group. Michael has directed UCB Theater shows such as Regina, Harmful If Swallowed, Respecto Montalban's When Amish Attack, The Naked Babies, John Ross Bowie's Paid To Stand Around, Peter Gwinn's The Confidence Ladder, and Rode Hard and Put Away Wet (USCAF, Aspen 2005). Michael teaches comedy writing at Columbia University, is a writer for The Onion's web videos, and is a regular performer on Late Night With Conan O'Brien.

Student Feedback

"Michael Delaney is a brilliant teacher."

"Michael Delaney is an exceptional teacher. Michael Delaney combines stage experience with teaching experience and solid theory to provide an excellent environment for learning."

"I'm a much better improviser than when I started the class. I couldn't ask for more than that."

"Delaney gives notes that are tough as nails, but he does it in a great, positive way, and since his notes tend to be right on the money, they're incredibly helpful."